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Mycotic aneurysms of pulmonary artery secondary to pulmonary valve endocarditis in a child
Author(s) -
Verma Mansi,
Gaind Saurabh,
Khurana Rishabh,
Kumar Sanjeev
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15713
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , pulmonary artery , pulmonary valve , median sternotomy , cardiology , surgery
We present the case of a 7‐year‐old child with mycotic aneurysms of bilateral lower lobe pulmonary arteries secondary to pulmonary valve endocarditis. The child underwent pulmonary vegetectomy with ventricular septal defect closure and left lower lobe pulmonary lobectomy via midline sternotomy.